US2220878A

US2220878A - Fish lure winder

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Publication number: US2220878A
Application number: US224433A
Authority: US
Inventors: James W Harvey
Original assignee: STARR ALLYN HARVEY
Current assignee: STARR ALLYN HARVEY
Priority date: 1938-08-12
Filing date: 1938-08-12
Publication date: 1940-11-12
Anticipated expiration: 1957-11-12

Description

FISH LURE WINDER Filed Aug. 12, 1938 Patented Nov. 12, 1940 Engins:

NT; OFFICE FISH LURE WINDER James W. Harvey, Lakeville, Conn., assigner to StarrAllyn Harvey, Lakeville, Conn.

ApplieationAugust 12 5 Claims.

This invention relates to a tool for winding artificial sh lures, flies, or bait with silk, gut, Wire, or other threadlike material. i

The main object is to provide a device that is simple, inexpensive and efficient.`

Another object is to provide a device that will wind bait very quickly. y

Another object is to provide a device that Will wind bait much more tightly than can be done 0 by hand.

Another object is to provide a device which can be operated at varied tensions to account for different materials and types of winding.

An object of this invention is 4to lprovide a device which can carry one or more spools of material. n

A further object is to provide a device capable of use with ne silk, gut, or` other `materials that may differ in thickness and smoothness.`

Another object is to provide a device capable of fast loading and unloading.

Another object is to provide a device Which can wind with more than one material simultaneously. I

Another object is to provide a device which will hold spools of different length and diameter.

In the preferred form, the Winder consists of a handle to one end of which a 'smooth round eye or ring such as an agate-lined stirrup. tip for iish rods, is attached,..and the other end of which is bent so that a spool thereon lies at an angle to the handle. Also attached to the handle and extending toward the spool is a spring means carrying a baror bars parallel to the spool axis. This spring pressed bar acts as a brake to keep tension on the spool. `The end of this bar that is next to the end of the spool axis is `bent over to hold the spool on its axis.

Fig. -1 is a perspective View showing the operation of the Winder.

Fig. 2 is a plan view of a Winder.

Fig. 3 is a side view of a Winder.

Fig. 4 is an end view of a Winder.

Fig. 5 is a side View of a modified form.

The handle 'I has one end bent transversely to form a bearingor shaft 8 to support one or more spools 9 of gut, silk, Wire or other thread. The guide IIJ at the other end is preferably of smoothagate in the form of a ring and supported by side members like a stirrup in such a manner that the thread can be easily threaded through. A second guide I I is also preferably interposed between the spool and the tip guide. A brake bar I2 is carried by a spring I3 secured to the handle and presses against the anges of the spools. The oifset portion I4 serves as a part of the handle and as a guard or stop for one end of the spool or spools and the bent end I5 of the brake bar serves as a guard or stop for the other end. A spool can be attached or removed only issaseriai No. 224,433

(el. 24a-140) by `retracting the brake bar I2 and its` hook-like end I5.

In winding a y or other lure the` hook or a partof the bodyl is usually held in a vise I1 land the winding tool is held in the hand in the I most convenient manner and rotated around the body I 6. Frequently a clip I8 is necessary to hold back part of the hairs, feathers, hackle or other parts which are being attached to the hook. The tension of the spring I3 must be great enough so that at the time of xing these feathers, hairs or hackle to the hook, the tool can be left hanging by the thread, thereby maintaining "tension on the thread and leaving both hands of the operator free to do the other work Without getting the thread tangled up. Otherwise, the tension is controlled and increased as required by the pressure of the fingers on the spool and brake and at times on the thread itself. l

It is very importantv that the outer face of the guide I0 be in a plane at right angles to the axis of the handle, otherwise the thread is likely to be twisted around the end of the tool as well as on the lure, which occasions confusion, delay and poor results. This guide edge I0 also makes it possiblenot only to pull the thread toward the hand in Winding but also to push it away so as to lay the thread tightly in either direction, especially on tapered bodies. 'I'his guide edge must be smooth in order to produce even Winding. As can be seen in Fig. 1, tension `on the thread is maintained at a sharp angle, and for this reason the lip of the guide edge should also becurved to prevent cutting the material. The spring I3` and the rings I0 and Il are fastened to the handle in any suitable manner, for instance by winding 'l' such as is used in fastening guide rings to fish rods. I

The arm Mis long enough to accommodate large spools as well as small ones.

The ordinary hand method of winding iiies and lures is a slow, laborious,` inexact and expensive task. Useof this invention` speeds up the operation three to four times, and this speed is possible to maintaineas'ily, Whereas` the hand method tires the muscles and burns vthe fingers. Much great,- er accuracy is obtained by using this invention than is possible by guidingthe fine strands With the fingers alone.` It is impossible `to approach the tension of this invention with the hand method. These are themore obvious reasons why the product of this improved tool is easier to make, less expensive, more quickly made and of far better quality anddurability than has been possi ble heretofore. In, fact, itis possible with this Winder to wind hard gut, artificial gut, and Wire, which are almost impossible to wind withthe iingers alone as therequired tension is so severe as to `cut the fingers. By the use of my invention an operator `can be taught to wind flies, artificial toward the spool so that it .presses againstl the spool end or flange in such a way as toactvas a brake. This is a simpler construction, and may be used in a manner similar -to the form first described. l

The end of the arm 22 extends around ithe 4flangelof thespool so .-astohold the eyelet 25at thersidezofthe'spool 'to give a more even 4feeding vof ithe iwire or other material through the tool. lInwinding ,with-this formuof tolfthe .'handcan pressagainst theeyelet 25 orany'part of the-arm f '22,fand tensionfcanbe regulated atwill by pressure ion Seither Vof these parts for upon 1 the material 'being Aused for the' Winding. jIfhesspring `ac- .tion is 4quite iimportant .to .1 maintain 4@tension on thenthrea'd iwhen the 'tool is 'suspended 'from f` the work 'while inserting teath'ers,f'hairs, or the like.

f1. .-A: ish lure Winder 'comprising` ai 'shaft having atransverse.sp'oolsupporting spindle at one end and an open-'thread guiding ring at the-other-end wthlitsfoutlet edge linfa plane-at right angles to the axis of the shaft, labrake irod resiliently and retractably carriedbylthefshaft and coacting with .the peripheryroffafspool on'saidspindle, the brake rodlihaving r'onef'enidturned to provide la stop to prevent the spoolffrom accidentally slipping 'from the bearing. i

2. fA :'tool .'forwindin'g s'h-lures and fthe like, `comprisingabo'dy portion servingf as a) handle, a support for .'a'rotatable vspol'at an 'end portion 1 of `the tool, :anf-annularguideeyelet in a plane j substantiallylnormal to pla-nes 'through the 1ongitudinalcax-is 'of the -'tool,loca'ted-y at "the extreme oppositeiendof thetoolfrom said spol support, an'd'op'en on fboth sides t'obe 'accessible for insertion 'of thread or -the like ydirectly through said eyelet, I and a ilrea'diiy. 'retractable 'friction brake means includinga brake rod aj; least in .pa-rtfgenerallyparallel'to sai'dspol support and adapted to engagea peripheraltportion of a spool on said support, said 'friction'brake means also including a spring cooperating' with saidbody portion and brake 'rodffor exerting a continual braking action upon afspool 'on'said support, said brake means being adapted whenthe tool isheld in the hand andin operation, to receive manual pressure directly upon it and augment the frictional braking effect of the spring alone without thehan'd directly engaging the spool or material Wound thereon.

3. A tool `for winding ysh'lures and the like comprising a body portion serving as ahandle, a generally U-shaped portion extending laterally of said bodyl portion and connected therewith, the arm of said U-shaped portion remote from the body portion'being longer than the arm connected to the body portion, a spool being adapted to be rotatably carried by said longer arm, a brake rod generally parallel to said longer arm, a leaf spring secured to said body portion and carrying said brake rod for continual cooperation with a spool onsaid longer arm,isaidbrake rod having at the outer end portion of said longer arm an abutment for limiting longitudinal movement of a spool in at least `one direction on said arm, said spring being sufficiently,iiexible'forthe brake rod and its abutment -to Abe readily retracted far enough away from a spool on the longer arm to allow the spool to be slid off said arm and another put in place thereon.

4. A t'ool for winding sh lures and the like comprising-a body portion consisting of a handle, a.supportforarotatable spool at an end portion of the tool, a guide eyelet in a plane substantially normalto vthe axis-of said body portion, said eyelet being open on opposite sides for ready insertion of Athread or the like therethrough and lo- "cated 'fat the extreme opposite L end vof said tool .from :said 'ispool fsupp'ort with :nothing extending beyondy said eyelet whereby -said tool may 'be 'circumscribed about lthework in wrapping the same without danger o'f'the thread -or fthe like being caught on any projection 'from'said'tool beyond said eyelet, friction brake means iexerting a continual:braking:action'uponfaspool on said support inlexcessiofa pu'llvon the'material wound on said spool due to gravity upon the tool Whenfsus- .pendedrby'thread or the like coming 'from `said tool,fsaidbrakemeans includinga brakerod, and a springfcooperating withsaid bodyportion and brake'rod for moving 'the brake rod into contact with said spooL'at least 4'a'fportion of `saidfbrake rod constituting an abutment to limit longitudinal movement 'of afspool `on said vsupport in at least'one direction,-a"se'c'ondeyelet open on opposite sides -for directinsertion-of thread-'ofthe like ffrom'said spool, .fsaid second eyelet being flocated intermediate "the end's of said "tool, the thread or the like beingfexposedi `as it fpassesfrom said spool" and 'intermediate Tthe l ends of said tool except where it passes through said eyeletsand said thread'or-the'like extending in a substantially 'straight :line between :said eyelets fand in another fsubstantially straight fline 'from @said spoolto said'secon'd'Veyel'etat least ap'or-tion o'f saidbrake 'meansbeing' adapted to receive manual pressure".during =use 4lfrorn i an operators nger or hand Ito-augmentthe frictional braking action ofsaid means.

5. rA tool Afor winding sh lures 'and the like oomprisingzfabody"portionFservinigasi a fhandl'e, a

laterally-extending support fonia rotatable spool l adjacent :ione end "portion f the tool, =a 'lateral projection f extendlngfrom said body I portion and carrying said spool supportiWith'theaXis o'f'said support normal 'to`theLaXis-of 'said'body portion, a guide eyelet arranged in a plane substantially normal `to the longitudinal axis Vof 'the tol,'located at the extreme oppbsite end of the tool from said spool Ssupport, and open on opposite sides to .be accessible for insertion of th'reador the like directly through said eyelet, Aa second guide'eyele'tadjacent said lateral projection supported'aton'e side 'ffsai'df'body portion; andopen on opposite sides`for "insertion of thread orfthe like directlyfrom' a spool on said support "through the 'seo'ondand rst eyelets'with sucht'hread or the 'lik'eexposedbetwe'en saidspool and first eyelet 'exceptforfthe secondlmentioned eyeletgand 'a friction Abrake 'means rincluding a leaf spring Vsecured t'o"sai`d1body 'portion adjacent but on the opposite side `from said second eyelet, 'said leaf spring supporting .a bra-'kezmember for cooperation with na 'spoolon'said support.

' JAMES HARVEY CERTIFICATE OF CORRECTION Patent No. 2,220,878. November 12, who.

JAMES W. HARVEY.

It is hereby certified thet error appears in the aboie numbered patent requiring correctionas follows: In the grant, line l2, for the words "his heirs" read--her heirs; and that the said with this correction therein that the same may conform to-the record ofthe case in the Patent Office.

sealed this 10th day of December, A. D. lQLLO.

Signed and Henri)T Van Arsdale,

(Seal) Acting Commissioner of Patents.

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